AP - Advanced Placement American & National Identity 1

Question 1

The phrase 'E Pluribus Unum,' found on the Great Seal of the United States, translates to:

Accepted Answer

Out of Many, One

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In God We Trust

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Liberty and Justice for All

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United We Stand

Question 2

The Naturalization Act of 1790 was significant because it:

Accepted Answer

Limited citizenship to 'free white persons' of good character

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Granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people

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Extended voting rights to women

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Abolished the requirement for a residency period

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'civic nationalism'?

Accepted Answer

National identity based on adherence to shared political values and laws

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National identity based on shared ethnicity and ancestry

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National identity determined solely by birthplace

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National identity rooted in a common state religion

Question 4

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 fundamentally changed U.S. immigration by:

Accepted Answer

Eliminating national-origin quotas that had favored Western Europeans

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Establishing English as the official national language

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Abolishing immigration entirely for a ten-year period

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Granting automatic citizenship to all immigrants after five years

Question 5

Frederick Jackson Turner's 'Frontier Thesis' (1893) argued that American national character was shaped primarily by:

Accepted Answer

The experience of settling and taming the western frontier

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Industrial capitalism and urban growth

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The influence of European Enlightenment philosophy

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Religious revivals and the Protestant work ethic

Question 6

Which Supreme Court case established that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, reshaping American national ideals of equality?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)